completely ruptured peroneal brevis - should I get surgery?

ankley77

Seems some other people on here have had issues with their ankles and peroneal tendons - I was sort of expecting a reply like,

"things were OK before I had surgery, but that really messed it up, and now I'm having multiple surgeries, and I really regret the whole thing. Don't do it!"

But ... maybe that's not the case??

ankley77

Anybody out there?

Advice? Comments? Your story?

ahodus

Ankley77,

I'm did not totally rupture my tendon but i did have a tear repaired. I also had drilling an microfracture done at the same time. So I can not say all the pain was specifically coming from one place or another. I'm a horseback rider and I didn't have they strength in my leg to use it the correct way because of the tear. Up until about a month ago things had been going very well. Strength was coming back and I was glad I went through the surgery. Lately it has been giving me problems again but I'm not sure if its the ocd or the tendon causing it. Havn't been back to the OS because I have been traveling and hope that with some rest it will quite down.

It seems like since you do have very good insurance and a flexible job now would be a wise time to do it. There is a lot involved with the recovery and rehab an the flexibility would be nice. I decided to go ahead and get mine fix because they were already in there doing other stuff and I also had flexibility with my job for recovery time. I also believe my OS also explained it to me this way. We can put it off but if for some reason the second tendon tears or we are not able to connect them do to more damage to both of them we have more issues to deal with an it would not be simple of a repair. Also if we did it then there was also a potentially better outcome.

I hope this information helps. Good luck in your decision